The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-02
question is whether We are going to permit a

uQOle puDllC man 70 be Q0llndeQ OUT OF public
inveterate Hostility Of faction Of the Dem no.
citizens. that upon that issue I stand and
fall. l live or die politically by the man who
has been unlustly. sssaileQ and who has been
slandered before the people Of this State and
t 7 r people of this nation; ! say that Samuel
went from the parish Of Ouaehita as true a
gentleman and as true friend, with as clean
q record, both public and private, as any man
IN the state OF LOUISIANA. And Lotwlthstand-
ing the fact that Gen. Nichols may have lost
an arm at one battle and leg at another,
and Notwithstanding the fact that / believe
Gen. NICHOLS to be q good man and true
man anda just man. Notwithstanding he may
be bold NAH and statesman. l say that
Gov. McEnery is as pure from every point OF
view, don't care what it is.
Now gentlemen and fellow citizens, they
talk to you about
'C.EsARIsd" AND ''pERsoHALIsa.
They, insult your intelligence and they in
suit the intelligence Of the Democracy of
Louisiana by thinking that you are going to
be led into light against your party and q
light against your government because Of q
petty appointment Of police juror o. 3 con-
I STR Or Hqy o o the fist that Mr. TD
has considered himself insulted or aggrieyed
because his brother didn't get the appoint
ment to constuhleship or q police-juror-
ship, and they ask You upon that, and upon
Charges, Of that nature, to send out of public
life, in disgrace-te affix the stigma Of your
dlsapproyal upon the administration of one
OF the best and purest Executives who has
ever er9Ged the gubernatorlal chair in the
Stat Of Louisiana.
Now, gentlemen and fellow citizens, IS
gonaGsm, viii give you an illustration
Will show you some ''CPsa-ism" with o
vengeance. Gentlemen, We are all equal, we
are all voters We are all citizens, and any
man may aspire to have lis influence, in his
WNaId, any n, man may aspire to have his in
nuence IN his parish, any man may aspire
to have his influence in his district, and any
man may aspire to have his influence in his
State; but say whenever he aspires to be a
dlct& tor..whenever he aspires TO say who
toprescribe the conditions upon which man
may be, q candidate for the United States
Senate, but to say that he can go there only
as the colleague OF another mani say that
ne has gone TO, that point in personaiism
and CRsarisnl that he needs to be cut down.
We find that distinguished gentleman has
said II has become q matter Of public
interest to know how he stands upon the sen
atorlal question: to lsnow whether he is going
to throw off upon tho distinguished gentle
man VINO las addressed you q refer to the
:
support the Hon. n. c. Blanchard, of Caddo,
and this distinguished gentleman magnan-
lmously says that Mr.: Jonas may be candl-
date provided he, will show his coloTs, and
Randall i. Gibson. He then needs, gentle
men and fellow citizens, not only to show
eolors and show them up right but he needs
his to come IN under convoy: he needs some
body to steer him; he needs somebody 10 take
care OF him; he needs somebody to go along
a ClDgNI,O
co!ors here he does not hide them after he
gets UP y0nder.
Now, i had speech mapped out to make
here to-day. [Cries of go on."l didn't
have II written out, because / never could
my mind. Gov. McEnery knocked part Of
the stutfing out Of mestlaughterl, Elr. Eustia
another continued taughterl, and when Mr..
Jonas got through was, pretty, we'll dilapi-
dated and used up. prolonged laughter and
But TCries Of sIet,s have IT, Go on, i
will make q few remarks tCheersl now upon
the question as TO whether Gen. Nichols is
entitled TO
THE POSITION WHICH THEY GIVE HIN,
and then I will close.
1t is charged, gentlemen, and fellow-citi-
gems, that Gen. Nichols led us out of the
political troubles: that he led us out Of the
political wilderness in 1876. 1t is said that
it was the magic Of his name and the enshl7-
siasm that Yves excited BY his presence that
led us to victory in that memorable contest.
The Nichols papers say that we had had our
McEnerys and Ogdens; we had had our
Persons and we had had our other pablo
men, numbers of whose, names they men,
IS ISL francis frn Nichols, who Iss had be been
calm observer of the stirring events going
on all around him. a gentleman who had
been quietly pursuing the practice and reap
b.a ~ -!
this time, was called upon. And they said
TO him: Come one here, Gen. Nichols, and
save the State. Here sEaIld the people OF
l.oUisisns fully charged VIII. enthusiasm a.
she, sound OF yoGr name" He comes, and
with res!sttsss energy. they sweep to victory
behind him. And it il ciair?ed, gentlemen,
that after the election in 1876 that that e. c.
ton, like It's predecessors, wCuid have been
without any praGtisal results but. Ter tine
cc,93nsuinnate stntesmanHhip Ct the holl', and
iilustrjous man whom we had elected cor our
Governor. ! desire to say 10 you right here
and right now that fer two years stood by
Gov. Nichols as q member OF tire STATE SEN
ate; | suppoTted him IN all those things in
which | thought he waB right, and op-
posed him ii ell th0Se things in which
thought he was wrong. aud when an &ssa}i;
YVES made CT MIN IL 1873 10 tnln hlln oas Of
Office, ] stood iy him and defended Linn and
resisted it TO the extent OF my ability, b.
cause ] believed that everything thai the
and he had done it from his conyictions, and
/ wonld rot have shortened his tarnl one
single l1inute CT hoGr, bpt | wCuld lave al
lowed hia ~ go out OF that position with
out one w9fd OF c2nsure and without the
least modification or chGgrin at unappre.
ciated efforts by the people.
/ say to You that
TIE CAMPAIGN OF 1876
was commenced in 1872. I say that it va
one continuous fight from the day of John
McEnefy's nomination, III 1872, down to
the final and complete redemption Of the
State in 1878. Now then yo1l ali Iecoiiect
ard you all remember the. heroic efforts and
into the campaign Of 1872. Ion recoilect
that we were urged with the determinations
! might almost say of despair-to succeed in
that contest, and you remember that il,
1872, as in 1876, we elected the nominee Of
our party: bnt. gentlemen. and feI!oy.citi
people. the dictator, / may say, OF
the nation, backed by a majority
Of his party, in both houses. Of
army and navy, laid the mailed hand Of mill
tary power upon the constitutional authort-
ties OF Louisiana and declared that the Eel
logg government would be sustained by the
hayonets Gf the Federal government. AT
that time there was no appeal anywhere from
the decision Of the sutocrat who occupied the
Executive chair, bat you remember that in
North Louisiana then, that portion Of the
State which had not the benefit of the guild
ance, and Of the counsel, and of the leader
ship, and of The assistance OF Gen. Nichols,
retired from; that con test with sli3len defiance,
and never did submit to the authority OF the
government of usurpation.
Yen recoliect thatin 1873 De frCto Kellogg,
drunk with the authority which was acci-
denially put il, bis hands, carried away with
the belief that he would be sustained by the
bayonets Of the Federal government in any
usurpation or outrage he might commit upon
the liberties of the people of Lonisiana, sc
far forgot himself as to invest an irresponsi.
parish with a captains commission in tfe
militia of Louisiana, and TO furnish hin
with arms and military accoutrements TO MP
hold his authority in that parish. The re